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Green line representing the israeli-palestinian border. the wall now stretches 450 miles. when completed, it will span 700 miles. 85% of it in palestinian territory. on one hand, there's no doubt that the number of suicide bombings fell drastically. on the other, there's this. you cross from jerusalem into the west bank. also called judea, sumaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though in effect, it seems to make little difference. they're here and in ever-larger number...

♪ >> you can almost believe for a minute or two that some kind of peace, some kind of reconciliation, meeting of the minds, sanity is possible after you visit majda. it's a restaurant in what looks like an idyllic village in the judean hills. about 20 minutes from jerusalem. it feels like an alternate universe for a number of reasons. one of these women is jewish. one is muslim, from a nearby village. they're partners, co-owners of majda, and also married. they're unsurprisingly friends of yotan. together they grow and raise much of what's used in their kitchen. their food reflects both thei...

Then you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city. and these walls are pretty ancient. people say the deepest go back to king david. and then they built up the walls so the top bit is the newest bit. >> and you mean -- >> i mean up to the moment in time the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and conquered us. i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known, respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 196...

Built up the wall. so the top bed is the newest. >> and by newest you mean -- >> up to about the ottoman time. the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. >> i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six-day war. >> yep. >> and the hall that we're traveling in now, walking in is east jerusalem. it's the palestinian part. that was up until '67 belonged to jordan. so now it's under israeli c...

Hero? >> you ask these kids, who will they recognize? they would recognize -- he becomes more famous than arafat and everybody else. this is another image of palestine. >> you could almost believe for a minute or two that some kind of peace, some kind of reconciliation, meeting of the minds, sanity is possible after you visit majdah, it's a restaurant that looks like an idyllic village in the hills, 20 minutes from jerusalem. it feels like an alternate universe for a number of reasons.